Resistant Islands - Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States

Informationen zum Autor By Gavan McCormack and Satoko Oka Norimatsu Klappentext Resistant Islands offers an overview of Okinawan history, focusing on the colonization by Japan, its fate during World War II, and its status as a US military base. This new edition includes an analysis of events since the book first published, including the deployment of MV-22 Ospreys, the approval of the new base, and the "all-Okinawa movement." Zusammenfassung Resistant Islands offers an overview of Okinawan history, focusing on the colonization by Japan, its fate during World War II, and its status as a US military base. This new edition includes an analysis of events since the book first published, including the deployment of MV-22 Ospreys, the approval of the new base, and the “all-Okinawa movement.” Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second EditionNotes on NamesChronologyChapter 1: Ryukyu/Okinawa: From Disposal to ResistanceChapter 2: War, Memory, and CommemorationChapter 3: Japan's American Embrace and the "Partnership" for Peace and ProsperityChapter 4: Okinawa: Separation and ReversionChapter 5: Henoko: The Unwanted BaseChapter 6: The Hatoyama RevoltChapter 7: Post-Cold War: Elections and DemocracyChapter 8: Environment: The "Nonassessment"Chapter 9: "Deepening" the Alliance: The Kan AgendaChapter 10: "Deepening" the Alliance: Washington AgendasChapter 11: Senkaku/Diaoyu: Okinawa as Militarized Outpost or as Bridge of Nations?Chapter 12: Turning History Around: History as Lived ExperienceChapter 13: ProspectChapter 14: The All-Okinawa Movement since 2013BibliographyIndex About the Authors

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• Authors: Gavan McCormack, Gavan Norimatsu Mccormack, Gavan/ Norimatsu McCormack, McCormack Gavan, Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Norimatsu Satoko Oka
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781538115572
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1557-2
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, International Relations, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History